Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10110723February 17, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 PONITAC GRAND AM. LAST YEAR I NOTICED THAT MY COOLANT WAS LEAKING AND TOOK MY CAR IN FOR REPAIR. AFTER PERFORMING A PRESSURE TEST ON MY SYSTEM, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND THE LEAK. I HAVE SINCE HAD TROUBLE WITH COOLANT LOSS AND OCCASIONALLY HAVE TO ADD COOLANT, AND HAVE NOTICED EVIDENCE OF LEAKAGE IN MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER SOME INTERNET RESEARCH AND EXPLORING SOME GRAND AM OWNER SITES, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE UPPER AND LOWER MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET DETERIORATING AND ALLOWING COOLANT TO LEAK OUT, CAUSING A COSTLY REPAIR OF OVER $1,000. IN SOME INSTANCES, THE COOLANT HAS MIXED WITH THE OIL AND RUINED THE ENGINE. SOME GRAND AM OWNERS HAVE PETITIONED GENERAL MOTORS TO RECALL THE GASKETS BUT SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE. I HAVE NOT YET HAD THE GASKETS REPLACED ON MY CAR BUT AFTER FURTHER EXAMINATION I BELIEVE THIS IS MY PROBLEM. GRAND AM OWNERS LIKE MYSELF HOPE THAT GM WILL MAKE THIS DECISION TO TAKE CARE OF ITS CUSTOMERS AND TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO MAINTAIN CONSUMER TRUST AND LOYALTY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110733February 17, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE ABS/NO TRAC LIGHT CAME ON I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR THEY STATED THAT IT WAS THE SENSOR AND REPLACED IT NOT EVEN TWO MONTHS LATER WHEN THE CAR IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY IT HAPPENED AGAIN I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT THE DEALER WITH NO LUCK OF RETURNED PHONE CALLS. I AM NOW HAVING TROUBLE OF GOING THROUGH SNOW AND UP HILLS IN MY AREA. WHICH LEAD ME INTO A DITCH WITH MY 2 CHILDREN AGES 1 AND 4. I HAVE ALSO THE PROBLEM OF MY WINDOWS BEING COMPLETELY SCRATCHED AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY TINT I WENT TO GET NEW TINT AND IT IS MY WINDOWS ALSO MY LED LIGHT ON MY RADIO KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF AND ALL SCRAMBLED THE DEALER HAS DONE NOTHING IN REGARDS TO THIS COMPLAINT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110736February 17, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT, AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS THAT THE DEALER REFUSES TO FIX SINCE DAY ONE! THE FIRST DAY THAT WE BROUGHT IT HOME, DEALER HAD TO COME AND TOW IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT, SUDDENLY WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. DEALER FIXED THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR SOON AFTER THAT, DEALER REFUSED TO FIX IT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET, STILL. RECENTLY, WITHIN THE PAST 2 MONTHS, THE INTAKE GASKET MANIFOLD IS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. CAR RAN HOT SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX THIS BECAUSE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IN ITSELF WILL COST ME ANOTHER $700 OUT OF POCKET, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE OTHER THINGS WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE LEATHER ON THE DOOR IS PEELING AND FOLDING, DEALER REFUSED TO FIX EVEN THOUGH WE HAD WRITTEN ORDERS FROM THE MANAGER TO FIX IT. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SQUEAKS AND RUBS WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING. WE HAVE CALLED AND TALKED WITH DEALERSHIP OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH NO AVAIL! I HAVE MAINTENANCE DONE TO THE CAR EVERY 3000 MILES, SO THIS IS DUE TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN! ALL IN ALL THIS CAR IS A LEMON! I WILL NEVER BUY A GM MADE CAR AGAIN! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. MY SON COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MY HUSBAND AND I ALSO! THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. OBVIOUSLY GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, WILL THEY WAIT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED? *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113820February 16, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD IN THE CONSUMER'S 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM LEAKED ANTIFREEZE. *NM *NM
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111612February 16, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE BRAKING AT ANY SPEED THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED TO THE LEFT/RIGHT, AND CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED VEHICLE ONCE, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110534February 14, 2005
STRUCTURE
THE DASHBOARD ON MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM HAS CRACKED AND IS LIFTING, SEPARATING FROM THE WINDSHIELD. I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE IT, BECAUSE OF POOR VISIBILITY. I WENT TO THE DEALER, AND THE COST TO REPLACE IS $1300. IT IS A FACTOTY DEFECT, BUT GENERAL MOTORS WILL NOT GIVE ME AN ALLOWANCE ON REPAIRS, ONLY A VOUCHER TO APPLY TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A NEW CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110338February 11, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE IGNITION SWITCH SYSTEM KEEPS LOCKING THE CAR UP AND WILL NOT LET IT START. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND AT A COST OF BETWEEN $500.00 AND $700.00 EACH TIME. THE DEALER REPLACES SWITCH AND OTHER COMPONETS EACH TIME. THIS STARTED WHEN THE CAR REACHED 50,000 MILES AND WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111336February 10, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH, INTERIOR LIGHTING
WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WAS THE CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111107February 8, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM. CONSUMER STATES THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TWICE. CONSUMER STATES HE WAS DENIED SERVICE, WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110141February 8, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
I REPLACED THE HEATER CORE IN MY CAR AND AN UPPER RADIATOR HOSE AND NOW I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTIFREEZE LEAKIN OUT FROM BETWEEN THE ENGINE BLOCK AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH INDICATES THAT I NEED A NEW INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AS WEEL AS VALVE COVER GASKETS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS LEAKIN OUT THERE AS WELL. I SPENT $250 ON REPALCING THE HEATER CORE AND $45 ON THE UPPER RADIATOR HOSE TO BE REPAIRED FROM THE DEALER THAT I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM. I WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND THAT HER GRAND AM WAS RECALLED DUE TO A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. PLEASE INFORM ME OF A POSSIBLE SOLOUTION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109991February 7, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
COOLANT LEAK - INTERNALLY.... BLEW HEAD GASKET. CAR BRAND NEW!! SERVICE RECORDS INDICATING THAT CAR WAS 100% PROPERLY MAINTAINED BY OWNER. SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT PERRUZZI PONTIAC IN LANGHORNE, PA. IS KEEPING A TIGHT BLINDFOLD ON THIS KNOWN DEFECT IN THIS CAR AND ALL OTHER GRAND AM GT 2002 MODELS THAT HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEMS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110972February 7, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DURING INSPECTION DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER ABOUT LOOSE LOWER BALL JOINT. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108470February 3, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
I MIGHT BE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE HERE, BUT HERE GOES. MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAS BEEN MAKING NOISE. I HAVE LOOKED EVERY TIME I HEARD IT MAKE NOISE AND COULD FIND NOTHING. TODAY I LOOKED AGAIN AND WAS HORRIFIED AT THE DAMAGE. SEEMS THE DOOR AND LEFT FRONT FENDER ARE NOW HITTING EVERY TIME THE DOOR IS OPENED. THERE IS MORE THAN PAINT INVOLVED HERE. THERE IS METAL CONTACTING. THERE HAS BEEN NO COLLISION OR ANY TYPE OF IMPACT SO I'M AT A LOSS AS TO WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THIS. I WILL BE TAKING THIS TO THE DEALER IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS BUT I'M A CYNIC AND HAVE FAITH THEY WILL TELL ME I HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO CAUSE THIS. I WILL ALSO BE GOING TO OTHER BODY SHOPS FOR THOUGHTS, IDEAS AND OPINIONS. THE REASON I AM WRITING IS BECAUSE I HAD A 2000 GRAND AM BEFORE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. THE DOOR ON THAT CAR MADE NOISE ALSO. I LOOKED AND FOUND NOTHING. NOT LONG BEFORE I TRADED IT IN, A QUARTER SIZED PATCH OF PAINT CAME OFF THE DOOR IN THE SAME AREA I NOW HAVE DAMAGE ON. IT WAS THERE ONE DAY AND GONE THE NEXT. ONCE AGAIN, I CAN ONLY SAY THAT THERE WAS NO CRASH OR ANY TYPE OF IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS. I HAD MADE A MENTAL NOTE TO LOOK AT THE "DOOR MEETS FENDER" DESIGN WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS CAR AND NOTICED THAT THE DESIGN HAD CHANGED. THERE WERE MORE CURVES TO THE JOINING VS THE STRAIGHTER EDGES OF THE OLDER MODEL. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT HAD BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM I HAD EXPERIENCED. NOW, OF COURSE, I'M JUST MAD AS HELL. I WAS UNAWARE OF THIS SITE BEFORE OR WOULD HAVE REPORTED THE FIRST INCIDENT WITH THE FIRST GRAND AM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109541February 2, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE BRAKES TENDED NOT OPERATE WHILE DRIVER STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS FOUR TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108440February 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
FAN SWITCH FAILS TO WORK ON SETTINGS 1 AND 2. IT ONLY WORKS ON SETTINGS 3, 4, OR 5. THIS STARTED OCCURING DURING THE PAST 6 MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108340February 1, 2005
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
(1) USE OF THE POWER WINDOWS.(2) THE WINDOW FELL DOWN INTO THE DOOR AS CAR WAS DRIVEN SCARING THE DRIVER.3) THE PROBLEM HAS NOT YET BEEN FIXED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109495February 1, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
WHEN USING TURN SIGNAL THE LIGHT IN THE DASH STAYS ON EVEN AFTER MAKING THE TURN. IT WAS DUE TO HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108234January 30, 2005
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER WINDOWS ON BOTH DOORS - INTERNAL PARTS FAILED CAUSING WINDOWS TO DROP INSIDE DOOR AND NOT BE ROLLED BACK UP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107961January 26, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WATER PUMP FAILURE, 5 MONTHS LATER LEAK IN INTAK MANIFOLD GASKET. REPLACED IN 5/2004 SIX MONTHS LATER ENGINE CLATTERED AND LOST COMPRESSION (TERM LACKING) FOUND THAT THE CAM AND LIFTERS DESTROYED BECAUSE ANTIRFREEZE LEAKED IN TO ENGINE PREVENTING OIL LUBRICATION TO LIFTERS DESTROYING ENGINE. ANTIFREEZE FUMES LEAKED INTO CAR WHILE DRIVING PRIOR TO GASKET REPAIR. THE POTENTIAL DANGER OF ENGINE SEIZING UP WHILE IN MOTION IS GREAT AND I FEEL THAT THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED DUE TO DEFECTIVE GASKETS. 3.4LT V6 ENGINES ARE NOTORIUS FOR THIS PROBLEM PLEASE SEE [email protected] FOR MORE POSTINGS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHY SHOULD DEATH BE THE ONLY MOTIVATOR TO GET SOMETHING DONE. SHOULDN'T THIS BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOME GETS KILLED AS DIRECT RESULT OF FAILURE?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107872January 25, 2005
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOWS FIXED TWICE EACH. BROKEN AGAIN ON END OF 2004. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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